Thesaurus: synonyms and antonyms offibin English

All she does is lie - you can't believe a word she says.

I cannot tell a lie: I chopped down the cherry tree.

He lied through his teeth that he didn't go to the cinema, though he was still holding the ticket stub in his hand as he said it.

I'm afraid you've been misled. She is, in fact, married.

He's deluding himself if he thinks that he's getting that promotion.

There's no need to invent excuses for not going - just decline the invitation.

She concocted the wildest stories to get out of attending class.

He fed me some line about how his dog was sick and cancelled our date.

You never met The Beatles! You're just making that up.

The suspects admited to having fabricated their alibis on the night of the robbery and were charged with grand theft.

Reporters have distorted the facts of the case so badly, and influenced the jury through their bad reporting, that the judge has declared a mistrial.

She accused her opponent of twisting the truth about her time in Parliament.

I have been misrepresented by my opponent as a socialist when nothing could be further from the truth.

I have published a book that sold very well, but it's stretching the truth to say that I was on the best-seller lists.

She put it about that her husband was going to be knighted.